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Grief During the Holidays

How to Help a Grieving Loved One During the Holidays Twelve Practical Tips for Saying, Doing the Right Things  From the National Hospice Foundation and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization While many people look forward to yearly holiday … Continue reading

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Family Experience Satisfaction Survey Results

Front Range Hospice and Palliative Care, your leader in Making Best Days Possible and providing Legendary End of Life Care once again comes out on top. Front Range Hospice and Palliative Care has been conducting post death family experience satisfaction … Continue reading

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It’s National Volunteer Week

By Victor Montour President Richard Nixon established National Volunteer Week with an executive order in 1974, as a way to recognize and celebrate the efforts of volunteers. Every sitting U.S. president since Nixon has issued a proclamation during National Volunteer … Continue reading

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Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Directive

♦ A CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) directive allows an individual to direct in advance that no one should administer CPR if the individual’s heart or lungs stop working or malfunction. ♦ CPR directives are almost always used by individuals who are … Continue reading

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A Breif Overview Of The Colorado Medical Orders For Scope Of Treatment (MOST) Form

The Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) program begins with a conversation between a healthcare professional and patient (individual) to determine preferences in key areas of life-sustaining medical treatment, including CPR, scope of treatment, and artificial nutrition. The conversation … Continue reading

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National Social Works Month

By Victor Montour This year for National Social Workers Month let me start out with a Happy Social Workers Month to all the social workers in the world making a difference. This year I thought I would share with you … Continue reading

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Thank you, patients.

By Victor Montour Do you know who founded National Patient Recognition Week? With a little help from google, this is what I found out. National Patient Recognition Week was founded by John O’Malley in 1995. The Week is intended to … Continue reading

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Hospice Care and Nursing Facility Relationships

Hospice Care and Nursing Facility Relationships By Victor Montour End of life care is critically important in the skilled nursing facility. A good hospice partner should play an important role in quality end of life care. The relationship between the … Continue reading

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